Thomson celebrates his return to the summit

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A REJUVENATED Andy Thomson, who in his glory days spent a couple of years at the top of the ranking list in the mid-1990s, reclaimed his No 1 status when he defeated David Gourlay yesterday in the quarter-finals of the Warner Breaks Welsh International Masters in Llanelli.

Thomson’s back-to-back world titles were achieved in 1994 and 1995, but there was so much talk about the rise of young rivals that he clearly felt that he was on the way out when he turned 40 in 1995.

Enjoying an Indian summer, the Anglo-Scot reached the semi-finals of the Welsh Masters and